Machine foe tightening and sectjeing metallic bands foe cotton-bales



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GEORGE WV. PENNISTON, OF NORTH VERON, INDIANA.

MACHINE FOR TIGHTENING AND SECURING METALLIC BANDS FOR COTTON-BALES, &C.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 21,360, dated August 31, 1858i.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE IV. PnNNis- TON, of North Vernon, Jenningscounty, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Machine forTightening and Securing Metallic and other Hoops for Cotton- Bales,Hay-Bailes, etc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of theSame, reference being had to the annexed drawing, marked Figure 1, andmaking part of this specification, and also Fig. 2, the latter being afriction-key- The object of my invention is to produce a machine whichwill with the greatest ease and facility tighten and secure metallic andother hoops, for cotton bales, hay bales, etc.

To enable others skilled inthe art to make and use my invention I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my lever A, Fig. 1, of iron or other material of anyconvenient length-on the flat side of which are two center pins,connecting arms `B B, at E F, or other suitable distance. The blocks CC, are strongly secured to the arms B B. The doors D D,

. are hinged to blocks c c-the beveled edges of the dbors fitting theedges of the blocks. I operate my machine by inserting the loose hoopencircling the bale near each end of the hoop between the edges of thedoors and the blocks, shutting the doors by the fingers or with a slightknock of a hammer. The ends of the hoop being inserted, the arms andblocks, atthe greatest distance apart, and the lever lying parallel withthe line of the hoop, I tighten, by taking hold of the lever, and movingit around in a line parallel with the hoop, drawing the ends and blockstogether. This operation may be repeated, if necessary, until the hoopis drawn sufficiently tight. The hoop being tightened and the endslapped between the blocks and held by the machine., as will be the casewhen the end of the lever is turned clear around to the opposite side ofthe bale, the ends of the hoop are secured by inserting the keys G G, asin Fig. 2.

That I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The constructionof my hoo-p tightener and holder Fig. 1 in combination with doors D D,and arms B B, and lever A-con structed as described, or any otherconstruction substantially t-he same, and which will produce the sameresults.

August 14, 1858.

GEORGE W. PENNISTON.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL F. MGKEEHAN, M. A, REMLEY.

